Emily Windsnap and the Tides of Time by Liz Kessler

Author:Liz Kessler [Kessler, Liz]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781536211764
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Published: 2020-04-14T16:00:00+00:00

I honestly don’t know how I got through the rest of the day.

If you had asked me what classes I went to, who was sitting where, what anyone said, I wouldn’t have had a clue. I went through it all like a zombie.

Finally the bell rang and I was out of school like a shot. I couldn’t bear to spend a second longer in that place than I had to.

As I made my way across the schoolyard, I saw Mandy and Julie hanging out together at the far end. I was crossing the yard a minute or two earlier than I had last time, so it was only the two of them for now. Aiden and a couple of the other boys were ambling over to join them. I could hear them talking as I passed them.

“You coming to football practice on Friday?” one of the boys was asking.

“Can’t, sorry. Mom says I have to go straight home from school on Friday because we’re having an early dinner,” Aiden replied.

I was about to hurry away when he added, “Dad’s got some stupid meeting later in the evening. Something about gold. King Midas or something.”

What?

Aiden’s dad was planning to go to the Midas meeting?

I had almost reached Mandy and Julie. Should I tell Mandy about it? Would she listen? Did I even want to? Look what happened last time!

As I approached them, Mandy turned away from me. Well, that was my cue. Forget it. All it did last time was make everything worse, anyway. I left them to it and didn’t even bother trying to speak to Mandy.

As I ambled through the streets alone, taking the long way home, I tried and tried to get my head around everything.

I couldn’t. In the end, I headed back to Fortuna.

Mom was out. Yeah, that made sense. I was home later than I’d been yesterday, so she’d probably already gone to the store. The boat was locked up and I didn’t have my key. It seemed as if today was destined to get worse and worse.

As I stood on the jetty, trying to decide what to do, I knew there was only one thing I really wanted to do, only one person I wanted to see, and only one place I might get another chance to make this day better.

I got up, brushed myself off, and hurried to the end of the pier, my spirits lifting with every step.

Shona would be pleased to see me. Shona would welcome me and want to hear about my day. Shona would believe me when I told her things that no one except a best friend would believe.

At least, I hoped as hard as I’ve ever hoped anything that she would.

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